Education has been transformed by COVID-19. Teachers throughout Connecticut are rapidly adapting and innovating to prioritize the growth and development of their students. At the University of Saint Joseph, we give teachers the tools they need to be agile and responsive to whatever challenges come their way, including a pandemic. “Teachers need to take care […]

Dr. Jared Bieniek Medical Director Hartford HealthCare Tallwood Urology and Kidney Institute Men’s Health Waiting for your car to break down is the wrong time for a tune-up.  Preventive care can keep the engine running efficiently, avoiding headaches and expensive bills.  Unfortunately, many men do not care for their health with the same attention they […]

Dr. Paul Weigle Psychiatrist Natchaug Hospital Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network Contrary to what you may think, video games, social media and related digital technology can actually improve the mental health of our younger generation. This is not to say Little Johnny should be allowed to lock himself in the basement and play Fortnite around […]

Dr. Peter Yu Physician-in-Chief Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute It is frightening to receive a cancer diagnosis. But there is more hope than ever before. Through clinical trials and research, we are developing new treatments that help people live longer and better lives – and actually cure an increasing number of cancer patients. These breakthroughs often […]

Jonathan Kost, MD Medical Director Harford HealthCare Pain Treatment Center Spine & Pain Institute at MidState Medical Center As a physician who treats patients with a range of chronic-pain conditions, I am interested in emerging treatments that offer relief without a list of troubling side effects. There is a component of marijuana and hemp plants […]

Elliot Joseph Chief Executive Officer Hartford HealthCare Look out, Silicon Valley, here comes the Connecticut River Valley. Seriously. Last month, Bloomberg’s latest U.S. State Innovation Index ranked Connecticut as the fourth most innovative economy. Only California, Massachusetts and Washington ranked ahead. The Bloomberg wizards based this on the presence of a highly trained and high-tech […]

Dr. Raymond G. McKay Co-Director, Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute Structural Heart Disease Program at Hartford Hospital Medical breakthroughs that seem to come out of nowhere grab the headlines: cancer vaccines, lab-grown body parts and other developments that almost read like science fiction. But most of medicine’s advancements are improvements on existing treatments. And […]

Dr. Godfrey Pearlson Director, Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center at the Institute of Living Research Director, Institute of Living Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network Whatever the outcome of the current debate on legalizing recreational marijuana in Connecticut, we need to know more about marijuana’s overall effect on the brain and behavior – especially what might constitute […]

By Rocco Orlando III, MD Chief Medical Officer Hartford HealthCare We’ve been told that the future of healthcare is something new and shiny. And there is no denying the role that slick devices like the Amazon Echo and the Apple Watch will have in the near future – helping patients monitor chronic conditions and feeding […]

By Dr. James O’Dea Vice President, Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network In just a matter of days, two survivors of the Parkland, Fla. shooting and the father of a first-grade girl killed in the Sandy Hook massacre committed suicide. With mass shootings and related suicides on the rise, all of us must play a role […]

By Elliot Joseph HHC Chief Executive Officer The history of healthcare in Connecticut begins with hospitals created to serve their communities – sometimes filling an urgent need. Hartford Hospital was established in response to an 1854 industrial accident that left nine dead and dozens wounded – some critically. There was no place to care for […]